Jaguar cichlid Vs Channa Striata

[fishnthings]

IMO you just havent tried the right fish, im sure theres many out there you could keep with the micropeltes!!!!!

 

[unknownuza13]

I think Miles has a perfect idea. But I guarantee if you put a few pairs of convicts in there or even one for that matter the convict will give your SH a run for it's money. I had a 3 incher living for the last 3 months in with a 6" pike cichlid, foot long temensis two 7" plus dats.. a foot long spotted gar.. The temensis just ate him a week ago but he didn't take anything from anyone. He would flare at all the fish at a fraction of the size.

What kind of SH is it.. I know it is albino but an albino what?

 

[driftwood]

I don't see why it is such a big deal, all of the Cichlids you have tried are commonly tank-bred, and are usually a dime-a-dozen and always instock at petstores.. Its not like hes throwing something rare or valuable in there..

It's also no coincidence that all of the fish that Motag has kept are also common, tank-bred, dime-a-dozen fish.. Experience... Maybe? Complexicity of overall knowledge.. Lacking?

I, for one, have never owned a Snakehead, but I understand their personality just from reading about them and watching videos.. but there are 2 things that set apart Channa from Cichlids.. Chichlids are aggressive because of Territory, and they would rather 'Battle' over territory. Channa are aggressive out of nature, and would rather 'Kill' over territory.. Channa are also equiped with the weaponry to do so (teeth, bite, agility..)..

I too have attempted to keep tankmates with a fish that is suppose to have 'no-tankmates'.. I now have a fully stocked Fahaka puffer tank, after having quite a few casualties, he could care less about his tankmates. Am I cruel and a bad person because I sacraficed a few cheap cichlids that I bought from a corprorate pet store, which were likely doomed for death as soon as they left the asian breeding farm?


Hey Rumblesushi, try this when the wife is not looking..

Take the Channa out, place him in a 5g bucket for a few hours.. Then add about 5 good sized convicts, with multiple hiding spots.. Hopefully you can get a few pairs, because they seem braver in pairs. Then also add a school of 6-10 Giant Danios, at full size.. This set-up should hopefully have enough movement and chaoticness that when the Channa is re-introduced, he will become a little more defensive, than offensive. You may have some casualties, but he also might get tired of chasing other fish. However, with the speed and cunning of the Channa, it might just be a long, drawn-out expensive meal. This is the method I used with my Fahaka, adding a school of large tinfoil barbs with some african cichlids, severums, and a few other fish all at the same time.

Convicts, severums and tin foil barbs aren't going to work with that fish!

 

[IoStrisciare]

I don't see why it is such a big deal, all of the Cichlids you have tried are commonly tank-bred, and are usually a dime-a-dozen and always instock at petstores.. Its not like hes throwing something rare or valuable in there..

It's also no coincidence that all of the fish that Motag has kept are also common, tank-bred, dime-a-dozen fish.. Experience... Maybe? Complexicity of overall knowledge.. Lacking?

I, for one, have never owned a Snakehead, but I understand their personality just from reading about them and watching videos.. but there are 2 things that set apart Channa from Cichlids.. Chichlids are aggressive because of Territory, and they would rather 'Battle' over territory. Channa are aggressive out of nature, and would rather 'Kill' over territory.. Channa are also equiped with the weaponry to do so (teeth, bite, agility..)..

I too have attempted to keep tankmates with a fish that is suppose to have 'no-tankmates'.. I now have a fully stocked Fahaka puffer tank, after having quite a few casualties, he could care less about his tankmates. Am I cruel and a bad person because I sacraficed a few cheap cichlids that I bought from a corprorate pet store, which were likely doomed for death as soon as they left the asian breeding farm?


Hey Rumblesushi, try this when the wife is not looking..

Take the Channa out, place him in a 5g bucket for a few hours.. Then add about 5 good sized convicts, with multiple hiding spots.. Hopefully you can get a few pairs, because they seem braver in pairs. Then also add a school of 6-10 Giant Danios, at full size.. This set-up should hopefully have enough movement and chaoticness that when the Channa is re-introduced, he will become a little more defensive, than offensive. You may have some casualties, but he also might get tired of chasing other fish. However, with the speed and cunning of the Channa, it might just be a long, drawn-out expensive meal. This is the method I used with my Fahaka, adding a school of large tinfoil barbs with some african cichlids, severums, and a few other fish all at the same time.

i have a simpler method... dump it into my aro tank...

after 20min u have a mentally scarred little channa...

 

[rumblesushi]

I think Miles has a perfect idea. But I guarantee if you put a few pairs of convicts in there or even one for that matter the convict will give your SH a run for it's money. I had a 3 incher living for the last 3 months in with a 6" pike cichlid, foot long temensis two 7" plus dats.. a foot long spotted gar.. The temensis just ate him a week ago but he didn't take anything from anyone. He would flare at all the fish at a fraction of the size.

What kind of SH is it.. I know it is albino but an albino what?

Mr Uza, a few weeks ago my snakehead ripped the head off a convict that was almost 4 inches. And until it got it's head ripped off it would hide vertically behind a filter, scared to death of the channa.

This same convict tried to chase my jardini.

So no - a convict is not going to give my SH a run for it's money, or 10 convicts.

Believe me about this snakehead, and I am not a HUNDRED percent sure of what it is, I'm pretty sure it's a striata though, quite hard to tell as it's a juvenile and an albino.

It's unusually aggressive though, I also have a 5 inch micropeltes that is timid and nervous. The albino is just a psycho, it's insane.

People read Miles' post, everyone that has posted on here. He's admitted to never owning a snakehead yet is objective and informed enough to know exactly what I'm talking about.

An aggressive specimen of channa isn't into territorial lip locks, it's into killing. It's not going to faux-charge the other fish and engage in a lip lock, or even rip scales of, it's going to grab the other fish by the head and spin around until the fish is dead.

That's what snakeheads do people, just look at SG's video, I don't need to say anymore. Show me a vid of a dovii doing that to a fish then come back to me

And that's right what Miles said, I used some real cheap captive-bred cichlids to test out as tankmates for my channa. I knew there was the possibility of them dying. What's the difference between that and buying feeder fish? I even swapped a dead spotted gar for the jag I have

 

[unknownuza13]

You can do whatever you want with your fish. I also said a few pairs of convicts..(pairs) but if it really literally ripped the head off a 4" convict that wasn't really 2.5 inches with the tail then that is probably not going to work. I am not speaking on speculation either I have owned two red lines earlier in my fish keeping career. Your little guy must just be a bad ass, it happens. All the accounts of jardini keepers and there jardini mauling fish I am sure they couldn't put anything in the tank with them. I am actually surprised people get away with what they put together considering what little size we really give them to live. It looks like your channa is going to have to live solo, Although if you really wanted to you could find something that your SH would not immediately punk and it wouldn't even have to be a completely super agro fish. I guarantee if you put in any big.. bigger than 8" central american cichlid with him he will not be so lucky. If he does he should get as big of tank as he needs all to himself..

 

[Motag 7]

lacking knowledge, i don't think so, ho wdo we know you're not lacking knowledge?

 

[Motag 7]

Miles i don't care how rare or valuable they are it is still a fish man, i see how value fish, it must be monetary by your comment

 

[IoStrisciare]

ok... lets be cool abt this....

we are all entitled to our own views....

 

[Canadbis]

Having kept Channas before...
IMO- nothing will stand up to it if it gets hungry!!!!!
It may "tolerate" a larger more aggressive fish, until it catches in size or hunger takes over. These things will jump out of a lake to catch a bird taking off if it is hungry enough. I think if you want a tankmate for it, buy another of similar size!!